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Generated from bd help --doc compact. Squash Dolt commits older than N days into a single commit. Recent commits (within the retention window) are preserved via cherry-pick. This reduces Dolt storage overhead from auto-commit history while keeping recent change tracking intact. For semantic issue compaction (summarizing closed issues), use ‘bd admin compact’. For full history squash, use ‘bd flatten’. How it works:
  1. Identifies commits older than —days threshold
  2. Creates a squashed base commit from all old history
  3. Cherry-picks recent commits on top
  4. Swaps main branch to the compacted version
  5. Runs Dolt GC to reclaim space
Examples: bd compact —dry-run # Preview: show commit breakdown bd compact —force # Squash commits older than 30 days bd compact —days 7 —force # Keep only last 7 days of history bd compact —days 90 —force # Conservative: squash 90+ day old commits 
bd compact [flags]
Flags: 
      --days int   Keep commits newer than N days (default 30)
      --dry-run    Preview without making changes
  -f, --force      Confirm commit squash